Lotti's 1st Parade

Every August, our county holds a county fair. One of the first events is the County Fair Parade. There are the usual floats (I have no pictures of those for some reason) and crazy cars (those are used in the Rodeo, and the white one here bucked up on the back wheels and shot water out of the roof of the car....there is a clown on the back),




cars with local celebrities in them,











and of course, horses.











One of the highlights has always been the high school band. This year, it was an even bigger highlight for us since Lotti is now in the band. This was her first experience marching, and her first parade. The route is about a mile long, and while the parade began around 9 or 10 in the morning, it was August and it was plenty hot by the time those kids came through.


The kids in the gold t-shirts are the drum majors. The one on the right is a boy from our church. He's a neat guy who's really got a heart for the Lord.









The band stopped right here and we were able to enjoy one of their songs before they moved on. Even this early, they sounded really good!






Here's Lotti as she marched past us. We had brought shorts for her to change into after the parade. Her thoughts immediately afterward: "It was cool. But I am so hot and thirsty!" She did keep her band t-shirt on as we wandered around the craft booths and the fair entries, which made her feel like a bit of a local celebrity herself (and so she was!). It was fun to see her reaction to people we knew tell her what a good job she'd done, and especially the little kids we know who seemed a bit in awe of knowing someone in the parade!